The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday
kicked off a drive to attract and retain more women and minorities,
including a push to increase the number of female officers and pilots.

Air Force Secretary Deborah James announced nine measures
that she said were critical to ensuring the Air Force's success, such as
a web-based mentoring system, longer deferrals for deployments after
pregnancy, and a 30-percent target for the percentage of females in the
officer applicant pool, up from 25 percent.

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"This is not just about how we look. It’s about our
readiness. It’s about our capabilities today and for the future. It’s
about how we are going to perform as an Air Force ... in this very
uncertain geopolitical environment,"

The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday kicked off a drive to attract and retain more women and minorities, including a push to increase the number of female officers and pilots.

Air Force Secretary Deborah James announced nine measures that she said were critical to ensuring the Air Force's success, such as a web-based mentoring system, longer deferrals for deployments after pregnancy, and a 30-percent target for the percentage of females in the officer applicant pool, up from 25 percent.

Originally Posted By packinheavy:The Army has its own issues along these lines to deal with. Not only are they dealing with a drawdown, the politically correct crap is getting rammed down their throats.

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Originally Posted By Angel_King:"It’s about our readiness. It’s about our capabilities today and for the future."

And to do this we are going to let women have more time off if they get knocked up!

In before Sylvan

The Army has its own issues along these lines to deal with. Not only are they dealing with a drawdown, the politically correct crap is getting rammed down their throats.

Yep. Ain't no time to be a white, straight, male officer in the US Army.

Originally Posted By Rugby3:Last line in the article "The service will also make it a prerequisite for promotion that future leaders can show they have demonstrated a commitment to diversity and inclusion, James said."

Wow!

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Not shocking. I work for a Fortune 25 company that mandates managers actively affirm their commitment to "diversity" or kiss their career good bye. Now that's not diversity of thought mind you....... you must embrace the groupthink.

Originally Posted By Rugby3:Last line in the article "The service will also make it a prerequisite for promotion that future leaders can show they have demonstrated a commitment to diversity and inclusion, James said."

Wow!

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The unstated assumption is that leaders have no commitment to diversity and inclusion. How do you prove a negative? How do you prove "I'm not racist, sexist, homophobic?" on an evaluation report?

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